In addition, Becker illustrates the importance of looking at familiar events, because this is when one is able to gain insight on different perspectives, such as in how one becomes a marijuana user. In fact, most marijuana users do not like it the first place, but will after many tries because they would have then learned the proper way to get high. Therefore, the marijuana users have to “learn to recognize the effects and connect them with drug use and then learn to enjoy the sensation they perceive” (5). The marijuana does not just work, as users have to have a specific perception of the drug for its pleasurable effects cause the individual to want to do it again. Therefore, once the feeling of fear and distasteful taste disappears, the user
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When I was six years old I first understood of my race, because I was bullied or treated differently compared to other kids, because I was put into “ESOL” class since I needed help with English, as in my household the Indian language was predominantly used in conservation before I went to school. I started to realize that my past history and my race was commonly not represented and I was usually the only person of color in my class and had to speak in behalf of my whole class. My own personal experiences reflected the theme of race as a social construct, because your own perception of race is influenced by others perception of your race, as it reinforces your own awareness of your race and the power that belongs to …show more content…
Fausto-Sterling describes that legally there are two genders of male and female, but “biologically there are many gradations running from female to male and one can argue that spectrum lie at least five sexes” (1). There are hermaphrodites, those with one testis and one ovary, pseudohermaphrodites with testes but no ovaries, and female pseudohermaphrodites with ovaries but no testes. Intersex babies are very common as 240 in 6,000 students at Brown University were intersex (1). In society, it assumed that male and female are “normal,” but in reality gender is socially constructed versus biologically constructed. Society has a stigma behind intersex babies, as parents are scared, shocked, and confused and do not know if they should change the baby or alter the baby. Sociologists have come to learn that those who alter the baby, the child ends up being be less happy, as suicidal thoughts would increase, but there would be a less societal cost. On the other hand, those who do not alter the baby will be happier, but there would be a more of a societal cost. Sociologists study on gender emphasizes the fact that gender is not two distinct categories of male or
When I was six years old I first understood of my race, because I was bullied or treated differently compared to other kids, because I was put into “ESOL” class since I needed help with English, as in my household the Indian language was predominantly used in conservation before I went to school. I started to realize that my past history and my race was commonly not represented and I was usually the only person of color in my class and had to speak in behalf of my whole class. My own personal experiences reflected the theme of race as a social construct, because your own perception of race is influenced by others perception of your race, as it reinforces your own awareness of your race and the power that belongs to …show more content…
Fausto-Sterling describes that legally there are two genders of male and female, but “biologically there are many gradations running from female to male and one can argue that spectrum lie at least five sexes” (1). There are hermaphrodites, those with one testis and one ovary, pseudohermaphrodites with testes but no ovaries, and female pseudohermaphrodites with ovaries but no testes. Intersex babies are very common as 240 in 6,000 students at Brown University were intersex (1). In society, it assumed that male and female are “normal,” but in reality gender is socially constructed versus biologically constructed. Society has a stigma behind intersex babies, as parents are scared, shocked, and confused and do not know if they should change the baby or alter the baby. Sociologists have come to learn that those who alter the baby, the child ends up being be less happy, as suicidal thoughts would increase, but there would be a less societal cost. On the other hand, those who do not alter the baby will be happier, but there would be a more of a societal cost. Sociologists study on gender emphasizes the fact that gender is not two distinct categories of male or